Starting an arms race with the morons doesn't seem like a good idea.
Neither does banning, based on a theoretical danger. It's rather lake the TSA security theatre. Pretending that the terrorist threat is far worse than it actually is.
Or even more close to the point - the ridiculous rules about when and what type of consumer electronics may be used by passengers in a plane. Not just mobile phones, but a whole variety of gadgets. For years they wouldn't accept the evidence that there wasn't a danger. Then they realised they could put a GSM cell in the plane and profit - suddenly it's OK to use mobile phones on those particular airlines.
(Yes I know about mobile phones using higher power transmission when they can't find a cell. That still doesn't make them a danger.)
The bullshit level is high around aviation for some reason.
If the problem is take off and landing (and I still think it's overstated), elsewhere I linked to anti-laser glasses, specially made for pilots. They can take them off when there are at altitude if they want. Or leave them on if they like - they don't look any different from ordinary glasses.
Steve Jobs said jailbreaking the iPhone was immoral
Did he? Do you have a link to a quite of him saying that? No I didn't think so. Apple making a claim of DMCA which was ruled against is not the same thing as Jobs saying it's immoral.
and yet he was perfectly fine with parking in handicap spots.
For many years people whined about how it wasn't fair that he drove around in a car without a license plate, and the police turned a blind eye. This because they'd seen photos of it. Truth was he found a way to do it legally. That was Jobs all over. Not blindly following a rule, but questioning it. It's one of the reasons he was so successful at developing sucessful products. By questioning everything.
Now you see photos of a car in a disabled spot. And like a sheep you bleat because it looks like someone else isn't following the rules.
Now, put your brain in gear. Suppose you had a big driveway at home. Does it have a disabled spot? Probably not. Now, suppose you marked out an area as a disabled spot. Would you then be a douchbag if you parked your car in it?
The answer to that is: yes if the spot was normally used by a disabled person, perhaps your wife. Or no, if if was never used by a disabled person.
Now, scale it up, and imagine that rather than a house and a driveway, you had a campus and a bunch of car-parks.
The guy was a hypocrite and a d-bag.
If he caused a disabled person to have to walk further, yes. If he'd worked out that that wasn't going to happen, he's just less of a sheep than you. So far, no one has posted a photo or an eye-witness report of any disabled person being prevented from parking by Jobs' car.
Note: Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. -- Steve Jobs.
SJ changed the world, you whine about parking regs. There's the difference.
Interesting. So pilots can wear anti-laser glasses during landing & take off. And put them on as soon as they first see a laser. So that's yet another reason the answer isn't banning.
Actually, the beam doesn't spread out. This is one of the defining characteristics -perhaps the defining characteristic- of laser light.
You've never actually pointed a laser pointer at a target more than a few yards away, have you. If you had you'd realise there is a difference between the theory of a perfect laser and what is actually manufactured.
If police pilots were actually trying to get people to laser them, from the relatively short distance where they'd be able to pin-point the perpetrators, then at least those police pilots know it's not a real danger.
I mean I've never known policemen using the same technique to try and find someone with a gun.
I dare say the danger from lasers is about the same as the danger from passengers using mobile phones.
Undoubtably from time to time pilots see people flashing laser pointers at them. They probably find it annoying. But it's not going to blind a pilot and make the plane fall out of the sky.
Give me an example, with sequence of temperatures that the two people put the dial to. Whilst you're preparing that for me, you'll probably realise why it can't happen.
Not knowing every site on the internet is not a problem. It was your link, not mine.
Anyone qualified to open their mouth would have read wikipedia on the topic of Brainwashing. Regardless of the nature of the site you linked to on hypnotic state. Brainwashing still doesn't exist.
And until a few days ago, as I quoted from your own article, there was no evidence that hypnotic state did either. I'll wait a little longer before I'm convinced.
Ah, I see you read the strap line under the logo on the page. The site is one where they do peer reviewing. That article isn't peer reviewed until AFTER the process and it's been published. You're not as smart as you think you are.
who the heck told you the best place for a thermostat is in a hallway?
Oh, I can't remember. It's something I've known for a long time. A central hallway, AWAY from outside walls, exterior doors and away from radiators and other sources of local heat. I was prepared to think I might have it wrong. But then I thought back to homes I've lived in over the years, and most of the thermostats were indeed in the hallway, and I didn't put them there. So then I thought, heck, lets check it out on Wikipedia.
Household thermostat location The thermostat should be located away from the room's cooling or heating vents or device, yet exposed to general airflow from the room(s) to be regulated. An open hallway may be most appropriate for a single zone system, where living rooms and bedrooms are operated as a single zone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermostat
So now I'm thinking I was right in the first place. They DO say that the hall is the best place for a thermostat. You might have a different idea. You might be right, you might be wrong. It no doubt varies from house to house. But your idea isn't the usual advice.
You are forgetting things other than PMPs and smartphones
No I wasn't. For example I was including Windows PCs with iTunes loaded.
Oh, and then there's everything that's got a recent version of VLC on. VLC plays ALAC. Which will cover a heck of a lot of the things you're probably counting only for FLAC.
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For iPod read also iPhone, iPad and iTunes (Mac and Windows) of course.
Kind of like saying "Application X is more widely supported on just about anything that isn't Windows." You can make a longer list of software and hardware that supports FLAC. But but number of units on which people are actually listening to music, then it's probably going to be ALAC.
"So far, a hypnotic state has never been convincingly demonstrated, if the criteria for the state are that it involves some objectively measurable and replicable behavioural or physiological phenomena that cannot be faked or simulated by non-hypnotized control subjects."
The recent paper itself says they've finally found some evidence. But as you've noticed, it's not been peer reviewed yet. Of course papers on cold-fusion and dousing have got that far.
As I said, it's bunk. Not quite as looney-tune as brainwashing. But still bunk. The occasional bit of placebo effect, like sugar pills. But bunk.
So according to the people with a solution, there's a problem that needs fixing! I sincerely doubt their numbers. Really it's not that hard
Everyone overestimates the number of people that are the same as them in some way.
Maybe Nest are exaggerating. They said "according to one study", but they could be lying. But you have NOTHING to go on other than your estimation of the number of people that are like you.
Same goes for the wonderthingie, well except I can get a programmable thermostat for $50, while this is 5x the price. Maybe people who can't program a thermostat, or install one can't do math either....
Or maybe they just have deeper pockets than you. Or maybe they realise that they haven't re-programmed the thermostat in the last year at least, and actually a thermostat that learns from the overrides is a good idea. That it'll probably pay for itself in a couple of years.
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Starting an arms race with the morons doesn't seem like a good idea.
Neither does banning, based on a theoretical danger. It's rather lake the TSA security theatre. Pretending that the terrorist threat is far worse than it actually is.
Or even more close to the point - the ridiculous rules about when and what type of consumer electronics may be used by passengers in a plane. Not just mobile phones, but a whole variety of gadgets. For years they wouldn't accept the evidence that there wasn't a danger. Then they realised they could put a GSM cell in the plane and profit - suddenly it's OK to use mobile phones on those particular airlines.
(Yes I know about mobile phones using higher power transmission when they can't find a cell. That still doesn't make them a danger.)
The bullshit level is high around aviation for some reason.
If the problem is take off and landing (and I still think it's overstated), elsewhere I linked to anti-laser glasses, specially made for pilots. They can take them off when there are at altitude if they want. Or leave them on if they like - they don't look any different from ordinary glasses.
Problem solved without a ban.
Steve Jobs said jailbreaking the iPhone was immoral
Did he? Do you have a link to a quite of him saying that? No I didn't think so. Apple making a claim of DMCA which was ruled against is not the same thing as Jobs saying it's immoral.
and yet he was perfectly fine with parking in handicap spots.
For many years people whined about how it wasn't fair that he drove around in a car without a license plate, and the police turned a blind eye. This because they'd seen photos of it.
Truth was he found a way to do it legally. That was Jobs all over. Not blindly following a rule, but questioning it. It's one of the reasons he was so successful at developing sucessful products. By questioning everything.
Now you see photos of a car in a disabled spot. And like a sheep you bleat because it looks like someone else isn't following the rules.
Now, put your brain in gear. Suppose you had a big driveway at home. Does it have a disabled spot? Probably not. Now, suppose you marked out an area as a disabled spot. Would you then be a douchbag if you parked your car in it?
The answer to that is: yes if the spot was normally used by a disabled person, perhaps your wife. Or no, if if was never used by a disabled person.
Now, scale it up, and imagine that rather than a house and a driveway, you had a campus and a bunch of car-parks.
The guy was a hypocrite and a d-bag.
If he caused a disabled person to have to walk further, yes. If he'd worked out that that wasn't going to happen, he's just less of a sheep than you. So far, no one has posted a photo or an eye-witness report of any disabled person being prevented from parking by Jobs' car.
Note:
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. -- Steve Jobs.
SJ changed the world, you whine about parking regs. There's the difference.
Interesting. So pilots can wear anti-laser glasses during landing & take off. And put them on as soon as they first see a laser. So that's yet another reason the answer isn't banning.
http://www.laserpointersafety.com/page52/laserglasses/laserglasses.html
Didn't they start adding lasers to guns to make them easier to aim?
Yes. But try hitting an airplane with one of those guns.
It only takes a millisecond to dazzle somebody with a laser.
Up close it does. At the distance of a plane, not so much.
Actually, the beam doesn't spread out. This is one of the defining characteristics -perhaps the defining characteristic- of laser light.
You've never actually pointed a laser pointer at a target more than a few yards away, have you. If you had you'd realise there is a difference between the theory of a perfect laser and what is actually manufactured.
I've seen such videos. They are what made me realise that laser pointers are not a real danger to pilots. Clearly the pilots are NOT blinded.
If police pilots were actually trying to get people to laser them, from the relatively short distance where they'd be able to pin-point the perpetrators, then at least those police pilots know it's not a real danger.
I mean I've never known policemen using the same technique to try and find someone with a gun.
Presumably that would be 5mW high beams.
I'm reminded of Gremlins. "Bright light! Bright light!"
I dare say the danger from lasers is about the same as the danger from passengers using mobile phones.
Undoubtably from time to time pilots see people flashing laser pointers at them. They probably find it annoying. But it's not going to blind a pilot and make the plane fall out of the sky.
Give me an example, with sequence of temperatures that the two people put the dial to. Whilst you're preparing that for me, you'll probably realise why it can't happen.
On devices that people would actually want to use a lossless codec, FLAC is supported, and ALACA (up until now) is not ...
In your opinion. When it comes to audio everyone's got one. Some of the audio snobs even buy gold plated cables for digital signals.
Not knowing every site on the internet is not a problem. It was your link, not mine.
Anyone qualified to open their mouth would have read wikipedia on the topic of Brainwashing. Regardless of the nature of the site you linked to on hypnotic state. Brainwashing still doesn't exist.
And until a few days ago, as I quoted from your own article, there was no evidence that hypnotic state did either. I'll wait a little longer before I'm convinced.
Ah, I see you read the strap line under the logo on the page.
The site is one where they do peer reviewing. That article isn't peer reviewed until AFTER the process and it's been published.
You're not as smart as you think you are.
who the heck told you the best place for a thermostat is in a hallway?
Oh, I can't remember. It's something I've known for a long time. A central hallway, AWAY from outside walls, exterior doors and away from radiators and other sources of local heat. I was prepared to think I might have it wrong. But then I thought back to homes I've lived in over the years, and most of the thermostats were indeed in the hallway, and I didn't put them there. So then I thought, heck, lets check it out on Wikipedia.
Household thermostat location
The thermostat should be located away from the room's cooling or heating vents or device, yet exposed to general airflow from the room(s) to be regulated. An open hallway may be most appropriate for a single zone system, where living rooms and bedrooms are operated as a single zone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermostat
So now I'm thinking I was right in the first place. They DO say that the hall is the best place for a thermostat. You might have a different idea. You might be right, you might be wrong. It no doubt varies from house to house. But your idea isn't the usual advice.
You are forgetting things other than PMPs and smartphones
No I wasn't. For example I was including Windows PCs with iTunes loaded.
Oh, and then there's everything that's got a recent version of VLC on. VLC plays ALAC. Which will cover a heck of a lot of the things you're probably counting only for FLAC.
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For iPod read also iPhone, iPad and iTunes (Mac and Windows) of course.
Kind of like saying "Application X is more widely supported on just about anything that isn't Windows."
You can make a longer list of software and hardware that supports FLAC.
But but number of units on which people are actually listening to music, then it's probably going to be ALAC.
Actually the OP got it wrong. ALACs compression is marginally better than FLAC. Though not enough to be concerned about.
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison
It seems like FLAC has a slight compression edge
Not according to this table.
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison
Note for the compression ratio, smaller percentage is better. ALAC is slightly better than FLAC. But it's so marginal it makes no difference.
"So far, a hypnotic state has never been convincingly demonstrated, if the criteria for the state are that it involves some objectively measurable and replicable behavioural or physiological phenomena that cannot be faked or simulated by non-hypnotized control subjects."
The recent paper itself says they've finally found some evidence. But as you've noticed, it's not been peer reviewed yet. Of course papers on cold-fusion and dousing have got that far.
As I said, it's bunk. Not quite as looney-tune as brainwashing. But still bunk. The occasional bit of placebo effect, like sugar pills. But bunk.
So don't turn it down so low when you go out.
So according to the people with a solution, there's a problem that needs fixing! I sincerely doubt their numbers. Really it's not that hard
Everyone overestimates the number of people that are the same as them in some way.
Maybe Nest are exaggerating. They said "according to one study", but they could be lying. But you have NOTHING to go on other than your estimation of the number of people that are like you.
Same goes for the wonderthingie, well except I can get a programmable thermostat for $50, while this is 5x the price. Maybe people who can't program a thermostat, or install one can't do math either....
Or maybe they just have deeper pockets than you. Or maybe they realise that they haven't re-programmed the thermostat in the last year at least, and actually a thermostat that learns from the overrides is a good idea. That it'll probably pay for itself in a couple of years.
This is the single most stupid idea ever.
"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
When slashdotters don't get a new product, I predict a big success.
Looking at the website, I see that as well at it's learning, you can also program fixed points in the schedule. So your 7am argument is null and void.